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Mahavastu [sanskrit verse and prose]
177,961 words | ISBN-10: 8120804813 | ISBN-13: 9788120804814
The Sanskrit edition of the Mahavastu: a lengthy work on Buddhist teachings and narratives belonging to the school of early Buddhism (Mahasanghika). This edition includes the verses as well as the prose sections. Original title: Mahāvastu-avādana (महावस्तु-अवादन), Mahāvastvavādana (महावस्त्ववादन, mahavastvavadana).
Section 1.91
___evam ukte āyuṣmān mahākāśyapaḥ āyuṣmantaṃ mahākātyāyanam uvāca // dvitīyā bhūmito tṛtīyāṃ bhūmiḥ saṃkramantānāṃ bodhisatvānāṃ naravarātmaja kīdṛśaṃ jāyate cittam iti //
tataḥ kātyāyanasthaviraḥ kāśyapam idam abravīt /
śruyatāṃ bodhisatvānāṃ sandhicittam anuttamaṃ //
tyāge pravartate cittaṃ bodhisatvānam āvuso /
tṛtīyāṃ saṃkramantānāṃ dvitīyāto jinātmaja //
sukhenti sarvasatvānāṃ saṃsthitāni nareśvarāḥ /
taṃ ca na ātmasukhārthāya na api bodheḥ kathaṃcana //
kriṇanti putradāreṇa ekagāthāṃ subhāṣitāṃ /
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
sādhunā bodhisatvena rājyaṃ kārayatā purā /
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
vanagahanaṃ balagahanaṃ girigahanāni tyāgagrahaṇāni /
viṣamāpratisanniṣaṇṇavanāni tu manuṣyagahanāni //
tṛṇagulmakaṇṭhakalatākulāni vṛkṣagrahaṇā gahanāni /
śaṭhanikṛtipaiśunyāni tu manuṣyagahanāni //
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . bhaṇḍinā brūhi brāhmaṇa //
tataḥ kātyāyanasthaviraḥ kāśyapam idam abravīt /
śruyatāṃ bodhisatvānāṃ sandhicittam anuttamaṃ //
tyāge pravartate cittaṃ bodhisatvānam āvuso /
tṛtīyāṃ saṃkramantānāṃ dvitīyāto jinātmaja //
sukhenti sarvasatvānāṃ saṃsthitāni nareśvarāḥ /
taṃ ca na ātmasukhārthāya na api bodheḥ kathaṃcana //
kriṇanti putradāreṇa ekagāthāṃ subhāṣitāṃ /
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
sādhunā bodhisatvena rājyaṃ kārayatā purā /
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
vanagahanaṃ balagahanaṃ girigahanāni tyāgagrahaṇāni /
viṣamāpratisanniṣaṇṇavanāni tu manuṣyagahanāni //
tṛṇagulmakaṇṭhakalatākulāni vṛkṣagrahaṇā gahanāni /
śaṭhanikṛtipaiśunyāni tu manuṣyagahanāni //
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . bhaṇḍinā brūhi brāhmaṇa //